Exciting New Ingredient: Methyl Dihydroxybenzoate

A quick note before I begin about MDHB: I am really very sorry about not writing for so long. I apologize if I have disappointed my readers! I finished my first Basic Science Class, Anatomy, with a final on October 13, and am now ready to invest more time back in my website (my next exam, in Cell Biology, is November 3). I am still learning to balance schoolwork with other responsibilities, so thank you very much for being patient and understanding with me. Now onto MDHB! -Nicki

With that said, I’m really happy to be back to blogging, and I’m going to do my best to update from now on, even with school commitments. And I’m especially glad to come back with a great find like Vivité Vibrance Therapy ($95.00, Amazon.com). Keep your awesome requests coming!

Basically I’m an Asian woman who has had pigmented skin and used hydoquinone for many years, I had an erbium Yag laser treatment & my skin became everyting I dreamed of. I now have melsama due to early menopause so the pigmetation on my face looks like I have dirt on my face. Until my menopause is over & I can get a Fraxel Laser treatment I have noticed that hydoquinone products do not work so I found Vivite Vibrace Therapy in addition to Revale coffeeberry skin cream and SkinCeuticals Phloretin CF and Dr. Sebagh’s Vitamin C powder. These products are working where hydoquinone & Obaji type products had stopped working for me. My Derm said that after so many years of using hydoquinone that it I kept using it would actually make my melasma worse. Going through early menopause has made me reach out to new advaced products. I’m very happy with the Phloretin CF and the other products. I hope this helps anyone with Hyperpigmetation, there are other products other than hydoquinone that work on hyperpigmetation.

Can I use Vibrance Therapy in the morning first, then second put on Skinceuticals Phloretin CF, then a moisturizer and sunscreen? Or would Phloretin CF go on first, under Vivite? I’m wondering how to add Vibrance Therapy in to my routine correctly. Also, how does it interact with Tretinoin/Retin-A or Tazorac?